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You Would Have Missed Me Birgit Vanderbeke

You Would Have Missed Me By Birgit Vanderbeke

You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke


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Summary

A family is torn apart by their dream of a better future in the West. A true story narrated through the eyes of a child.

You Would Have Missed Me Summary

You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke

A family is torn apart by their dream of a better future in the West. A true story narrated through the eyes of a child. West Germany, early 1960s: A little girl arrives with her parents from East Germany in a camp for displaced people. The girl's father is abusive, the mother ignores her. Soon she will celebrate her seventh birthday and all she wants is a cat. Instead she receives an illuminated globe. The girl can't hide her disappointment - but then she discovers that the globe offers her a way to escape the misery of the camp.

You Would Have Missed Me Reviews

`Impressive and clever.' DEUTSCHLANDFUNK `A novel full of pain, humour and hope.' WDR, SCARLA-BUCHER

About Birgit Vanderbeke

One of Germany's most successful authors, Birgit Vanderbeke was born in Dahme in 1956, and grew up in Frankfurt, when her family fled from East Germany to the West. She has won 5 prestigious literary awards, and written twenty-one novels.

Additional information

GOR010023314
9781908670526
1908670525
You Would Have Missed Me by Birgit Vanderbeke
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Peirene Press Ltd
20190615
154
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